[House  Bill,  No.  49.] 

HOUS^  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.— May  6th,  1864— Read  first 
and  second  times,  referred  to  Committee  on  Military  Affairs,  and  or- 
dered to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Ore.] 


A   BILL 

To  he  entitled  an  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  increase  the  Effi- 
ciency of  the  Army,  by  the  employment  of  Free  Negroes  and  Slaves  in 
certain  capacities,  approved  February  17th,  1864,  and  to  repeal  an  act 
for  the.  enlistment  of  Cooks  in  the  Army,  approved  April  21et,  1862. 

Section  1.    The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America 

2  do  enact,  That  the  act  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  army,  by 

3  the  employment  of  free  negroes  and  slaves  in  certain  capacities, 

4  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four, 

5  be  so  amended  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War 

6  to  have  employed  one  hundred  thousand  slaves,  as  provided  in 

7  said  act,  if  so  many  should  be  necessary,  to  work  upon  fortifica- 

8  tions,  or  in  government  works,  for  the  production  or  preparation 

9  of  material  of  war,  or  in  military  hospitals,  or  as  teamsters,  pio- 

10  neers,  laborers  in  the  Commissary  and  Quartermaster's  Depart- 

1 1  ments,  and  as  cooks ;  and  w^hile  engaged  in  the  performance  of 

12  such  duties,  said  slaves  shall  receive  rations  and  clothing,  and 

13  their  owners  be  entitled  to  compensation  at  the  rate  of  six  dol- 

14  lars  per  month  for  each  slave  so  employed. 


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Sec.  2.  That  the  cooks  to  be  employed  under  the  first  section 

2  of  this  act  shall  not  exceed  one  for  every  ten  privates,  musicians 

3  and  non-commissioned  officers  on  duty ;  and  said  slaves  shall  be 

4  required  to  perform  all  the  duties  incident  to  cooks,  under  such 

5  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of 

6  War. 

Sec.  3.   That  an.  act  for  the  enlistment  of  cooks  in  the  army, 

2  approved  April  twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  be 

3  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


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